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United States Patent | 5,335,646 |
Katchka | August 9, 1994 |
A water heater, a burner unit therefor and methods of making the same are provided, the water heater comprising a tank for containing water therein and a burner unit for receiving fuel from a source thereof and issuing the fuel therefrom so as to burn and heat the tank and thus the water therein by conduction, the burner unit comprising a top burner plate having a top wall provided with an opening therethrough for draining away water that has accumulated thereon and that comprises condensate that has dripped from the flue of the tank onto the top wall, the opening to be so constructed and arranged that the water that drains therethrough is adapted to pass out through a central opening of the bottom burner plate of the burner unit and through which fuel is directed to the burner unit.
Inventors: | Katchka; Jay R. (Cypress, CA) |
Assignee: | Robertshaw Controls Company (Richmond, VA) |
Appl. No.: | 114135 |
Filed: | August 30, 1993 |
Current U.S. Class: | 122/18.31; 126/39E; 239/122; 239/288.5; 431/219 |
Intern'l Class: | F24H 001/00 |
Field of Search: | 126/355,359,351,361,350 R,99 A,116 R,39 E,51,39 R,99 R 122/14,16,17,19 239/120,122,288,288.5 |
639478 | Dec., 1899 | Wilson | 126/355. |
2162620 | Jun., 1939 | Larsen | 122/16. |
3124108 | Mar., 1964 | Wenczl | 122/17. |
4372290 | Feb., 1983 | Visos et al. | 126/355. |
Foreign Patent Documents | |||
2368671 | May., 1978 | FR | 126/355. |
European Pat. Office; 126/355; Dec. 1985; Vago; No. 0163838. Prior known control burner unit having aligned drain openings in the plates thereof in offset relation to the central fuel opening thereof. |